Auto Bild

Auto Bild

Auto Bild sample cover
Editor Bernd Wieland
Categories Automobile magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 555,500 (2012)
First issue 23 February 1986
Company Axel Springer AG
Country Germany
Language German
Website autobild.de
ISSN 0930-7095

Auto Bild (ISSN 0930-7095) is a leading German automobile magazine.

History and profile

Auto Bild was first published in the last week of February 1986.[1][2] The magazine is published weekly by Axel Springer AG.[3] The website of the magazine was started in 1996.[1]

Auto Bild with its worldwide licensed editions, of which more than 7 million copies are sold every month, is published in 36 countries.[1] Foreign editions include France's Auto Plus,[4] the UK's Auto Express and Turkey's Auto Show. The magazine also has a Polish edition which is part of Axel Springer AG via its subsidiary Axel Springer Polska.[5] The Finnish edition of the magazine, Auto Bild Suomi, was started in 2004 and is published by Sanoma Magazines.[6][7] The Bulgarian version of the magazine is published under the name of Auto Bild Bulgaria which also published by Axel Springer AG.[8] In Spain its edition is published on a weekly basis with the original name by Axel Springer AG.[9] The Italian edition of the magazine, Auto Oggi, is licensed by Mondadori.[4]

Circulation

In 2001 Auto Bild had a circulation of 792,000 copies in Germany.[3] The circulation of the magazine was 592,245 copies in Germany in 2010, making it the fourth best-selling European automobile magazine.[10] The same year its Spanish edition had a circulation of 32,484 copies.[9] Its circulation was 555,500 copies in 2012 in Germany[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "International Licensing 2012/2013" (PDF). Axel Springer. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Dick Hendrikse (September 1986). "Illiteracy: Threat to European Magazines?". Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management 15. Retrieved 31 March 2015. – via Questia (subscription required)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Top 50 Special Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine Organization. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Helena Hafstrand (1995). "Consumer Magazines in Transition". The Journal of Media Economics 8 (1). Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Axel Springer Polska acquires the Przeglad Sportowy sports paper". Axel Springer AG. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Jukka Pietiläinen. "Finnish mass media in the era of globalisation". Igni. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sanoma Magazines Finland Selects Neo by Anygraaf". Anygraaf Oy. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Eastern Empires" (REPORT). Brussels: European Federation of Journalists. June 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "World magazine trends 2010/2011. Spain" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Axel Springer AG. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

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